Investing.com – Taiwan Stocks Overview

Taiwan stocks were higher following the close on Wednesday, buoyed by gains in the Electronic Products Distribution, Machinery, and Rubber sectors.

At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted rose 0.07%.

Best Performers

The best performers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted included:
– Episil-Precision Inc (TW:3016): rose 10.00% or 4.50 points to trade at 49.50.
– Taiwan Chelic Corp Ltd (TW:4555): added 9.98% or 4.15 points to end at 45.75.
– Altek Corp (TW:3059): increased 9.97% or 3.60 points to 39.70 in late trade.

Worst Performers

The worst performers included:
– ALi Corp (TW:3041): fell 6.29% or 2.35 points to trade at 35.00.
– Powertech Industrial Co Ltd (TW:3296): declined 5.75% or 1.85 points to end at 30.30.
– Tai Twun Enterprise Co Ltd (TW:3432): was down 5.71% or 1.05 points to 17.35.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Taiwan Stock Exchange by 0 to 0.

Commodity Prices

Crude oil for February delivery saw a decrease of 0.09% or 0.06 to $70.10 a barrel. In commodities trading:
– Brent oil for March delivery rose 1.24% or 0.90 to hit $73.22 a barrel.
– February Gold Futures remained stable at $2,633.50 a troy ounce.

Currency and Index Performance

• USD/TWD was up 0.03% to 32.70.
• TWD/CNY remained unchanged at 0.22.
• US Dollar Index Futures increased by 0.18% at 108.00.